Unit 10 Questions Flashcards
The Truman Doctrine was initiated in response to Soviet pressure on what countries
Greece and Turkey
The purpose of Stalin’s Cominform group was to
Spread communism throughout the world
The creation of the Jewish state
Intensified Cold War conflicts
What did the Suez intervention of 1956 prove
That the nations of Western Europe could not impose their will on the world
Suez crisis: Israel vs Egypt
During the Cuban Missle Crisis of 1962, what evidence was used by the United States to convince the world of the threat posed by Cuba
Photographs of missile equipment
In the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Soviet Union
Gave itself the right to interfere in the affairs of other communist countries
-Said that when socialism is attacked in one country, it is attached in all countries
The Helsinki Accords
Represented a step forward in recognizing human rights in Eastern Europe (during Detente)
President Reagan did all of the following as he intensified the Cold war struggle except
tighten the grain embargo of the Soviet Union
Generally speaking, Britain
accepted the loss of empire as inevitable
What event marked the beginning of Algerian Natinoalism
The conflict at Sétif between Muslims and French Settlers
Mikhail Gorbachev’s economic policies could be characterized as
a failure
In 1989, to what country did Hungary open its border, freeing travel to West Germany
Austria
Revolution in Czechoslovakia was led by
Nicolae Ceausescu
In early 1991, Gorbachev began a strategic retreat from reform in response to opposition from
A group, including Boris Yeltsin, that wanted rapid democracy
The final big event preceding Gorbachev’s exit from Soviet political life was the
attempted coup in 1991
Which of the following came first in the breakup of Yugoslavia
War in Bosnia
The “ethnic cleansing” that took place in Bosnia primarily targeted
Muslims
Goal of the European Coal and Steel Community
Stabilize prices and production of coal and steal
Benelux nations, France, Italy, and W. Germany vs.
UK and/or Us
aka Schuman Plan
European Economic Community (aka Common Market)
European Self sufficiency
Free trade among participating countries
European Community
Combined ECSC and EEC
Added more countries and made a federal government of Europe
Maastricht Agreements
European Union (everything)
Prague Spring
under Dubečk in czechoslovakia
liberalize Communism and made Brezhnev unhappy
Brezhnev Invaded Czechoslovakia
Polish Revolution
Solidarity
Got free elections (most communists voted out)
Under Lech Walesa
Hungarian Revolution
Communism with a capitalistic facelift
Social democrats decentralize economy and open boarders to Austria
Germanic Revolution
More freedoms and open trade
Berlin Wall falls and Germany unifies
Gorbachev: Perestoika and Glasnost
-Socialism with a human face
Perestroika- Restructure economy to make more consumer goods
Glasnost- Talk about former problems (like Stalin) and plans for the future
-both failed
-Same time period as Reagan
Krushchev
Decentralized Russia (Destalinization)
“Secret Speech”
-wants to end cold war (de facto it’s getting worse in this time period)
Events during climax of cold war
Early 1960’s
- Castro in Cuba
- U-2 spy plane (war victim)
- Bay of Pigs invasion (tries to take over Castro but fails and makes Russia angry)
- Erection of Berlin Wall
- Cuban Missle Crisis (ends in a draw with both sides removing bombs)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Peacetime alliance to protect against the Soviets
CENTO; SEATO
Middle east; Southeast asia
same as NATO
Warsaw Pact
Defended the Eastern block countires that were Soviet Satekkutes
Communist version of NATO
Containment
Ideology to halt communism
Domino effect of Communist countries
China, Korea,Banana Republic, Vietnam
Marshall Plan
US aid to rebuild Europe if you promote free markets and democracy
“European Recovery Program”
ONLY to those who were anti-communist
Truman Doctrine
Financial aid to any nation with communist insurgence
Helped fix the economy post WWII
Offered to everyone
Hungarian Uprisings
Imre Nagy was giving too many rights as a communist
-Hungarians wanted to be free of communist rule
Why was the USSR determined to dominate Eastern Europe?
Interests in Turkey and the black Sea and they wanted to use Eastern European satellites as a buffer against further invasions
Détente
Agreements on trade and reducing strategic arms
Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan
to ensure its influence in central Asia and Puppet Afghan government
Solidarity
Strikes against the Communist governments lead by Lech Walesa
4 Policies Reagan took against the Soviet Union
- Increased military spending
- Slowed arms limitation negotiations
- Deployed a new missile system in Europe
- Strategic Defense Initiative “Star Wars”
National Front
Far right party aimed against North African imigrants
What does Democracy depend on
ensuring social and economic base and stable political structure
Hallmarks of Social Democrats
Democracy, social reform, economic growth, anticommunism
Center right
accpeted Keynsian Economic theory
Thatcher as Prime Minister
Cut taxes and curb inflation Higher unemployment Privatized many industries Curbed power of trade unions Served the same time as Reagan
Goal of Student protests of the 60s
Anti-military
Second Vatican Council
Started by John XXIII in 1959
Changes in liturgy: mass in vernacular
John Paul II
- Traditionalist doctrine
- Anti-communism
- Growth in non western church
Division of Germany
US, GB, France, and Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Established 5th Grench Republic
Withdrew from NATO, developed France’s own nuclear weapons, and opposed GB’s entrance into the EEC
Major feminist
Simone de Beauvoir
Employment opportunites, child care, birth control, liberalized divorce laws
